Teams: (1) Shattuck-St. Mary's, (10) Colorado Thunderbirds, (8) Compuware, (36) Team Alaska

Projected to Advance: Shattuck and Colorado

Players to Watch: Michael Mancinelli - Compuware (North Dakota), Grant Silianoff - Shattuck (Notre Dame), Robert Mastrosimone (Boston University), and Braden Doyle (Boston University).

The Sabres are the team to beat this year...their team is laden with Division I commits, both committed and uncommitted. The battle for the second slot looks to be between Compuware and the T-Birds.

Teams:  (3) Little Caesars, (6) Belle Tire, (11) Team Illinois and (28) Team North Dakota

Projected to Advance: Little Caesars and Belle Tire

Players to Watch: Lucas Kanta - Team North Dakota (Uncommitted), Antonio Stranges - Little Caesars, Jacob Badal - Little Caesars (Uncommitted), Kristoff Papp - Belle Tire (Uncommitted), Davis Pennington - Belle Tire (Uncommitted), Owen Pietela - Belle Tire (Uncommitted) and Javier Ubarri - Team Illinois, Ryan Robinson - Team Illinois (Uncommitted).

Three great teams with Little Caesars, Belle Tire and TI. Caesars won the Silver Stick, Belle won the Bauer Invite and TI played Shattuck to a tie. North Dakota has some talented players for a before/after team and will compete. 

Teams: (4) New Jersey Colonials, (7) Boston Jr. Eagles, (13) Buffalo Jr. Sabres and (29) LA Jr. Kings

Projected to Advance: NJ Colonials and Boston Jr. Eagles

Players to Watch: John Farinacci - NJ Colonials (Uncommitted), Marshall Warren - NJ Colonials (Harvard), Jayden Struble - Boston Jr. Eagles (Uncommitted), Connor Joyce - Boston Jr. Eagles (Uncommitted), Sahil Panwar - LA Jr. Kings (Uncommitted), Rocco Bonaffini - Buffalo Jr. Sabres (Uncommitted) and Trevor Kuntar - Buffalo Jr. Sabres.

This pool is pretty top heavy with BJE and the Colonials. The Tier 1 Elite Sabres and Kings could pose a challenge or two this weekend. They just aren't as deep. With only one game a day in pool play, don't be surprised if there is an upset or two. 

Teams:  (2) Chicago Mission, (5) Mid Fairfield Jr. Rangers, (23) Pittsburgh Pens Elite, and (26) TPH Thunder

Projected to Advance: Chicago Mission and Mid Fairfield

Players to Watch: Luke Toporowski - Chicago Mission (Uncommitted), Dylan Davies - Chicago Mission (Uncommitted), TJ Koufis - Chicago Mission (Uncommitted), Noah Henry - TPH Thunder, Spencer Knight - Mid Fairfield (Boston College), Trevor Zegras - Mid Fairfield (Uncommitted) and Austen Swankler - Pittsburgh Pens Elite (Uncommitted).

Pool D is similar to C, very top heavy with Mission and Fairfield. TPH and Pittsburgh each have a super star that is capable of taking over a game. The list of talented players in this pool will be fun to watch. Toporowski is a sure fire top ten pick in next month's WHL draft.